Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
Sometimes, we forget that they are people. They are not, as one of my students elegantly put it, law robots. They have feelings and emotions, and they can’t keep them under wraps all the time.
— Jessica A. Schoenherr, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Georgia, in comments given to the ABA Journal, concerning some of the “snippy language” justices of the Supreme Court have used in some of their recent opinions. Schoenherr has studied interpersonal relationships among the justices as part of her academic work.
Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day.
Sometimes, we forget that they are people. They are not, as one of my students elegantly put it, law robots. They have feelings and emotions, and they can’t keep them under wraps all the time.
— Jessica A. Schoenherr, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Georgia, in comments given to the ABA Journal, concerning some of the “snippy language” justices of the Supreme Court have used in some of their recent opinions. Schoenherr has studied interpersonal relationships among the justices as part of her academic work.
Staci Zaretsky is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky, X/Twitter, and Threads, or connect with her on LinkedIn.
